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W. LORD & T. s. WHITWORTH. TRAVELING FLAT GARDING ENGINE.

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TRAVELING PLAT GARDING ENGINE.

Patented Dec. 1,1891.

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WILL LORD, OF TODMORDEN, AND THOMAS S. WHITWORTH, OF MANCHESTER,

ASSIGNORS TO LORD BROTHERS, OF TODMORDEN, ENGLAND.

TRAVELING-FLAT CARDlNG-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,161, dated December 1, 1891.

Application filed July 15, 1891- TO all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, I/VILL LORD and THOMAS SOHOFIELD WHITWORTH, both subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, the said WILL LORD being a resident of Todmorden, in the county of York, and the said THOMAS SCHOFIELD WHITWORTH being a resident of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, both in England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling-Flat Card ing-Engines, (for which we have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 16,517, bearing date October 19, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to traveling-flat cardin g-engines and it consists in improved means for driving the shaft to which is secured the star-wheels or carrier-pulleys, around which the flats travel and by which they are driven.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a carding-engine fitted with our improved means for driving the shaft for traveling the flats; and Figs. 2 and 3 are a side view and a sectional elevation, respectively, of the mechanism.

In Fig. l, adesignates part of the main cylinder of the carding-engine; b, the side framing or engine-bend supported upon the under framing c," d, the chain of traveling top. flats;- e, one of the star-wheels or carrier-pulleys for traveling the flats, and k the shaft upon and near one end of which the said star-wheel e is secured, a similar wheele (not shown) being of course secured, as usual, near the other end of the shaft. The star-wheel shaft is sup ported by the usual brackets f, secured to the side framing b on each side of the engine.

Serial No. 32%658. (No model.) Patented in England October 19, 1889, No. 16 ,517.

of the disk-wheel m is a continuous spiral or worm forming teeth m, which gear into a toothed wheel n, secured upon astud 0, mounted in bearings g, secured to the bracket f; also, secured to the stud o is a worm p, which gears into a Worm-wheel q, fast on the starwheel shaft 70, and thus gives motion to it and to the star-Wheels or carriers 6 for carrying around the chain of flats d.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, We declare that What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a traveling-flat carding-engine, the combination, with the shaft is and wheel 6, mount-' ed thereon,over which the flats travel, of pulley Z, loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with boss Z, disk-wheel m, mounted on said boss, having teeth m, shaft 0, wormwneelnthereon engaging the teeth m, worm 1), also on said shaft 0, and a worm-wheel g on shaft is, engaging worm 10, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof 'we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two Witnesses. WILL LORD. THOMAS S. WHI'IWORTH. Witnesses: H. B. BARLOW, S. W. GILLETT. 

